앱 홀 2, 소름이끼칠정도로싫어하다:hating a person is almost friendly in comparison with abhorring him or her.

abhorrence

혐오

abhorrent

견딜수없이싫은 :It is ~ to me.= I am ~ of it. 나는 그게 질색이다(I abhor it.)

abject

앱 줵트 1, 희망이없는:A slave is abject.:abject poverty 극빈

abnegate

앱 너 게잍 1, <즐거움을> 끊다:Samantha abnegated desserts for one month after getting on the scale.

self-abnegation

자기희생

abortive

unsuccessful:Mary and Elizabeth made an abortive effort to bake a birthday cake; that is, their effort didi not result in a birthday cake.

abort

to end something before it is completed.

abridgement

요약본

absolute

앱 썰 뤁 1, 무조건적인:An absolute rule is one that has no exceptions and that you must follow, no two ways about it. 절대적인 것:Death, for living things, is an absolute, which means that it is total, unlimited, or perfect.

absolve

앱 졸브 2, 의무를 면제하다:Bill absolved Mary of her obligation to go to the prom with him.

어 커스트 2, to approach and speak to someone aggresively:Amanda karate chopped the stranger who accosted her in the street and was embarassed to find he was an old blind man.

acerbic=acerb[어 썳 2]

어 썰 빅 2, difficult to accept; unpleasant; 신랄한

acquiesce

애 쿠위 에스 3, 마지못해따르다:The pirates asked Pete to walk the plank; he took one look at their swords and then acquiesced.

acrid

에 크륃 1, 신맛이나는; 톡쏘는; 심한발언

acrimonious

애 크러 모우 니 어스 3, full of spite

acumen

애 큐 먼 1, 통찰력

acute

어 큐우트 2, 시력이좋은:My eyesight is acute(You can see things that other people can't=You have visual acuity.
(지성등이)예리한:an acute mind=you have mental acuity.
(고통등이)예리한:an acute pain=a sharp pain
Acute means sharp only in a figurative sense. A knife, which is sharp enough to cut, is never said to be acute.
An acute disease <병이>급성인

adamant=adamantine(애 더 맨 틴 3,)

unyielding; 매우단단한:a diamond is adamant.

address

어 드뤠쓰 2, to address a convention:to give a speech to the convention; to address a problem:to face it and set about solving it

adherent

앧 히어 뤈트 2, 옹호자

admonish

앧 마 니쉬 2:The boys' mother admonished(경고했다) them not to eat the pie she had just baked.When they did so anyway, she admonished(scold gently 주의를주다) them for doing it.

adroit

어 드로잍 2, skillful 솜씨좋은

adulation

애 절 레이 션 3, wild or excessive admiration 부담스러울정도의칭찬

adulterate

어 덜 터 뤠잍 2, contaminate; make impure:vegetarians do not like their foods adulterated with animal fats.

affable

애 퍼 벌 1, 붙임성있는

affectation

애 팩 태이 션 3, Behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality

얼 루 젼 2, 암시 allude (암시적으로) 언급하다: To refer to it indirectly :an allusion is an allusion only if the source isn't identified directly.:"I sometimes wonder whether to be or not to be"-->alluding
"As Hamlet said, 'To be or not to be, that is the question,'"-->direct reference, not an allusion

altruism

앨 트루 이 점 1, 이타주의

ambience

앰 비 언쓰 1, <문>분위기
adj. ambient

ambivalent

앰 비 벌 런트 2, undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously 모순되는 감정이 공존하는 Susan felt ambivalent about George as a boyfriend. Her frequent desire to break up with him reflected this ambivalence.

ameliorate

어 미일 리어 뤠잍 2, 개선하다

amenable

어 미 너 벌 2, 따르는<to>:I suggested that Bert pay for my lunch as well as for his own and, to my surprise, he was amenable to the suggestion.